Ordinance 03-2024 Stormwater Management Ordinance

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(66) Retention — A system that is designed to capture stormwater and contain it until it infiltrates into the soil or evaporates. (67) Right-of-way — A strip of land occupied or intended to be occupied by a street, pedestrian -way, hiking path, bildug path, crosswalk, railroad, electric transmission be, oil or gas pipeline, water main, sanitary or storm sewer main, special landscaping, drainage, or for another special use, The usage of the term "right-of- way" for land platting purposes shall mean that every right- of -way hereafter established and shown on a final plat is to be separate and distinct from the lots or parcels adjoining such right-of-way and not included within the dimensions or areas of such lots or parcels, Rights-of-way intended for streets, crosswalks, water mains, sanitary sewers, storm drains, screening or special landscaping, or any other use involving maintenance by the Town -shall be dedicated to public use by the subdivider on whose plat such right-of-way is established. All divisions of land along existing roadways shall dedicate half right of way for public purposes along its entire frontage in the amount as specified for the classification of the existing roadway. (68) Roadway drainage — The runoff and drainage located within 20 feet of the edge of public and/or private roadways adjacent to, abutting, or within the boundaries of the property to be addressed in aproposed StormwaterManagement submittal, (69) Runoff — The waters derived from melting snow or rain falling within a tributary drainage basin that exceeds the infiltration capacity of the soils of that basin. (70) Soil Erosion — The stripping of soil and weathered rock from land creating sediment for transportation by water, wind, or ice, and enabling formation of new sedimentary deposits. (71) Storm Drain — A system of open or enclosed conduits and appurtenant structures intended to convey or manage stormwater runoff, ground water and drainage. (72) Storm Drain System — Publicly owned facilities operated by the Town by which storm water is collect and/or conveyed, including but not limited to any roads with drainage systems, streets, gutters, curbs, inlets, piped storm drains, pumping facilities, retention and detention basins, natural and human -made or altered drainage channels, reservoirs and other drainage structures which are within the Town and are not part of a publicly owned treatment works as defined at 40 CFR Section 122.2 (73) Stormwater — Any surface flow, runoff, and drainage consisting entirely of water from rainstorm events. (74) Stormwater Management Plan (SV/MP) - An engineered drainage plan that effectively addresses and manages stormwater runoff and discharge, (75) Stormwater Management Plan Approval (SWMPA) — An approval issued pursuant TOWN OF MOORESVILLE STORMWATER MANAGEMENT ORDINANCE 14 k